toey as a Roman sandal

Open-toed sandals were worn in Ancient Rome.

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1. (Australia, simile, informal) Extremely anxious for sex.
   • 2003 November 14, “TUGBOAT”, post to the topic Front-yard frolics upset neighbours, HAHA only in qld,

     Old man can't get it up, can't afford the big V on the pension, toey as a roman sandal, sees a couple going for it on the front lawn, takes it as a personal insult "in your face gramps" then calls the LEO's in to break it up. —

   • 2006, Patrick Lindsay, Heart of a Champion: The Greg Welch Story, unnumbered page:

     He looked at these girls and said, “Those bastards over there are racing and I'm stuck in this stupid thing, and God, I'm as toey as a Roman sandal, and gee, you chicks are looking all right.” Needless to say, he went off with one of the girls and didn′t come back.

   • 2006, Leigh Redhead, Rubdown, published 2007:

     ‘I’ve got to tell you, twenty-four hours of abstinence and I’m toey as a Roman sandal.’

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